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Can I stop websites from loading and playing videos?

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Toadmanor
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I am absolutely frustrated by websites that take over my browsing by loading and playing videos without my permission.

Can this be stopped?

I am absolutely frustrated by websites that take over my browsing by loading and playing videos without my permission. Can this be stopped?

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First you could check this setting :

Type in the address bar about:config (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked) Type and look for the preference : media.autoplay.enabled and make sure its value is set to false

You could consider this add-on : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashstopper/

Note : After you've been updated to Firefox 56, you'll find that Firefox won't auto-play media anymore that is opened in a background tab.

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Enigma
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First you could check this setting :

Type in the address bar about:config (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked) Type and look for the preference : media.autoplay.enabled and make sure its value is set to false

You could consider this add-on : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashstopper/

Note : After you've been updated to Firefox 56, you'll find that Firefox won't auto-play media anymore that is opened in a background tab.